(Over)heard

In the Library…

In class…

“University policy says that I have to leave the room while you do this, so that my sheer power of awesomeness doesn’t influence your ability to say whatever you want to about me.” ~Professor~

While talking about ethics… “Q. Should we have Playboy Magazine in libraries? A. Well, for the articles…”

“I like the term ‘information agent.’ It sounds kind of 007”

“What kinds of disturbances in the force are you getting right now”

“Kristin Chenoweth is like Midget Barbie.”

“Foucault is the anti- Margaret Mann”

“There’s no Crying in Cataloging!”

“We shall only plunge into a quagmire of indescribables.”

“As a shorthand, I remind myself that the word “document” is both noun and verb; the act of cataloging is what distinguishes a Document from a mere artifact. A copy of Sarah Palin’s “Going Rogue” sitting on a library shelf is a document; a few dozen copies in a dumpster are artifacts.”